Dan Strauss

District 6 Councilmember, Seattle City Council

Email: Dan.Strauss@seattle.gov

Legislation filed this term

• An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of October 5, 2026, through October 9, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (Passed at Full Council)
• 2027 - 2032 Capital Improvement Program (In Committee)
• 2027 - 2028 Proposed Budget (In Committee)
• An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of September 28, 2026, through October 2, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (Passed at Full Council)
• An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of September 21, 2026, through September 25, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (Passed at Full Council)
• An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of September 14, 2026, through September 18, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (Passed at Full Council)
• An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of September 7, 2026, through September 11, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (Passed)
• An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of August 31, 2026, through September 4, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (Passed)
• An ordinance appropriating money to pay certain claims for the week of August 24, 2026, through August 28, 2026, and ordering the payment thereof; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (Passed)
• An ordinance relating to the municipal water system of The City of Seattle; adopting a system or plan of additions and betterments to and extensions of the existing municipal water system; authorizing the issuance and sale of water system revenue bonds in one or more series for the purposes of paying or reimbursing part of the cost of carrying out that system or plan and other utility purposes, providing for the reserve requirement, and paying the costs of issuance of the bonds; providing parameters for the bond sale terms including conditions, covenants, and other sale terms; describing the lien of the bonds; creating certain accounts of the City relating to the bonds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (In Committee)
• An ordinance relating to the drainage and wastewater system of The City of Seattle; adopting a system or plan of additions and betterments to and extensions of the existing drainage and wastewater system; authorizing the issuance and sale of drainage and wastewater revenue bonds in one or more series for the purposes of paying part of the cost of carrying out that system or plan and other utility purposes, providing for the reserve requirement, and paying or reimbursing the costs of issuance of the bonds; providing parameters for the bond sale terms including conditions, covenants, and other sale terms; describing the lien of the bonds; creating certain accounts of the City relating to the bonds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (In Committee)
• An ordinance relating to the electric system of The City of Seattle; adopting a system or plan of additions, improvements, and betterments to and extensions of the existing municipal light and electric power generation, transmission, and distribution system of the City; authorizing the issuance and sale of municipal light and power revenue bonds for the purposes of providing funds to pay part of the cost of carrying out that system or plan and other utility purposes, providing for the reserve fund requirement (if necessary), and paying the costs of issuance of the bonds; providing parameters for the bond sale terms including conditions, covenants, and other sale terms; describing the lien of the bonds and authorizing their issuance as either senior lien parity bonds or junior lien bonds; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (In Committee)
• An ordinance relating to contracting indebtedness; authorizing and providing for the issuance and sale of limited tax general obligation bonds to pay or reimburse all or a portion of the costs of various elements of the City’s capital improvement program and for other City purposes approved by ordinance and to pay the costs of issuance of the bonds; providing parameters for the bond sale terms including conditions, covenants, and other sale terms; creating the 2027 Multipurpose LTGO Bond Fund; amending Ordinance 125197, as previously amended by Ordinances 125456, 125715, 125986, and 127344; Ordinance 125456, as previously amended by Ordinance 126938; Ordinance 125715, as previously amended by Ordinance 126938; Ordinance 125986; Ordinance 126219, as previously amended by Ordinances 126288, 126479, 126938, and 127146; Ordinance 126479, as previously amended by Ordinance 127146; Ordinance 126714; Ordinance 126938; and Ordinance 127146; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (In Committee)
• An ordinance relating to the financing of the Seattle Department of Transportation; authorizing the loan of funds in the amount of $63,500,000 from multiple city funds to the Transportation Fund for the purpose of maintaining the Transportation Fund in a positive cash position while the underlying causes of the negative cash balance in the Transportation Fund are evaluated and addressed. (In Committee)
• An ordinance relating to the financing of the Seattle Center Revitalization Program; creating the Seattle Center UTGO Bond Fund; authorizing the loan of funds in the amount of $3,221,341 from the Real Estate Excise Tax I Capital Projects Fund and/or the Real Estate Excise Tax II Capital Projects Fund to the Seattle Center UTGO Bond Fund as bridge financing for the Seattle Center Revitalization Program; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts. (In Committee)

Committees

• Finance, Native Communities, and Tribal Governments Committee, Chair
• Select Budget Committee, Chair
• Land Use and Sustainability Committee, Vice Chair
• Select Committee on the Comprehensive Plan, Vice Chair
• Governance and Utilities Committee, Member
• Parks and City Light Committee, Member
• Select Committee on Federal Administration and Policy Changes, Member
• Select Committee on Labor, Member
• Select Committee on Seattle Transportation Benefit District, Member
• Select Committee on the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy 6-Yr. Implementation and Evaluation Plan, Member
• Select Committee on the Library Levy, Member